"I wasn't paying my mum so it'll be a little bit different this time around because I'll be employing Amelie. I think it's exciting, something a bit new for me, something a bit fresh and hopefully it works well."

Female coaches are relatively rare in professional tennis as a whole but certainly on the men's tour.

Mauresmo is one of the few women to have coached a man that they were not related to after helping Michael Llodra during the grass-court season in 2010 - she was also a key figure in Marion Bartoli's shock Wimbledon triumph last year.